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Nov 13, 2025
Europe is at a critical juncture in its defense transformation, facing an urgent need to reinforce collective deterrence and resilience in the face of an evolving security landscape.
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Nov 13, 2025
Our latest survey on AI use finds that uptake is growing in the Middle East, but businesses still have ample opportunity to improve adoption, outperform peers, and create value.
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Nov 13, 2025
An operating model is the backbone of any organization. It outlines how the company delivers value to its customers, operates on a day-to-day basis, and achieves its strategic objectives.
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Nov 12, 2025
Demand for more global infrastructure investment creates opportunities for real estate players. McKinsey's Adrian Kwok explores how the two industries can work together in a more dynamic environment.
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Nov 12, 2025
The auto finance industry could address historical challenges using agents powered by gen AI. Specialized AI agents could not only streamline processes but also unlock new sources of value.
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Nov 12, 2025
As geopolitical shifts redefine global trade in auto components, India's industry emerges as a key player, projected to reach $200 billion by 2030. A two-pronged approach could unlock this potential.
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Nov 12, 2025
India, the world's largest producer of generic medicines, faces major technological and geopolitical disruptions. Eight priorities can help the nation's pharma industry build on its past successes.
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Nov 11, 2025
Union Square Hospitality Group CEO Chip Wade and president of full-service restaurants John Ragan explain why, in the future, chefs in its dining rooms are an asset and robots in its kitchens are not.
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Nov 11, 2025
Boat and yacht builders can use five levers—design to willingness to pay, AI, procurement resilience, digital go to market, and aftersales—to unlock new profit pools and boost EBITDA.
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Nov 11, 2025
Sharpen your problem-solving skills the McKinsey way, with our weekly crossword. Each puzzle is created with the McKinsey audience in mind, and includes a subtle (and sometimes not-so-subtle) business theme for you to find. Answers that are directionally correct may not cut it if you're looking for a quick win.
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Nov 06, 2025
The energy transition is proceeding, but unevenly. Easier challenges are being solved, but harder ones are stalling.
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Nov 06, 2025
New McKinsey analysis explores how pipeline development could impact the US gas market, with two scenarios showing how infrastructure expansion could affect consumers, operators, and midstream companies.
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Nov 06, 2025
Advertisers and content creators often look at the size of an audience and the amount of time they spend with a product. A more telling metric is how focused consumers are when using the product.
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Nov 06, 2025
Bristol Myers Squibb Chief Digital and Technology Officer Greg Meyers on how AI is helping biopharma move faster, experiment more and deliver a greater patient impact.
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Nov 06, 2025
Our checklist provides leaders with a quick litmus test of their growth performance.
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Nov 05, 2025
New and incoming CEOs are often unprepared for the intensity of internal and external stakeholder engagement. The right mindset, communication skills, and actions can make all the difference.
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Nov 05, 2025
India's National Stock Exchange is one of the world's largest exchanges, with the market capitalization of its listed companies exceeding $5.2 trillion. Its resilient technology platform is the secret of its success.
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Nov 05, 2025
A diverse, cross-functional McKinsey team helped a leading global organization in life science ingredients and specialty chemicals create and execute a sustainable roadmap for embedding digital and analytics into its DNA.
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Nov 05, 2025
Almost all survey respondents say their organizations are using AI, and many have begun to use AI agents. But most are still in the early stages of scaling AI and capturing enterprise-level value.
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Nov 04, 2025
Sharpen your problem-solving skills the McKinsey way, with our weekly crossword. Each puzzle is created with the McKinsey audience in mind, and includes a subtle (and sometimes not-so-subtle) business theme for you to find. Answers that are directionally correct may not cut it if you're looking for a quick win.
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Nov 03, 2025
Many software teams are seeing some impact from AI, but a select group is experiencing more significant gains by rethinking roles, processes, and performance enablers.
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Nov 03, 2025
Real-world examples reveal how finance functions apply AI to deliver faster insights, stronger controls, and measurable results.
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Nov 03, 2025
Tomorrow's airports could feature fewer bottlenecks, less anxiety, and more flying taxis.
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Nov 03, 2025
Ready to create a customized team of global experts? Harnessing the power of AI, companies can build on-demand teams and rethink their approach to collaboration.
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Nov 03, 2025
As CEOs and CMOs ask where AI is moving from hype to real results, frontrunners demonstrate that tighter human-AI collaboration and sharper governance is required.
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Nov 03, 2025
Canada can reverse its economic slowdown and embrace its potential for global excellence—but it will take audacious, targeted moves that shift from a narrow focus on internal optimizations to bold moves that raise labour productivity and scale exports.
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Oct 31, 2025
Schiphol Chief Financial Officer Robert Carsouw details the airport's efforts to renew and rebuild with an eye on the future.
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Oct 31, 2025
The global economy is showing resilience, although growth remains uneven across regions. IMF projections indicate global growth of around 3% for 2025 and 2026, but underlying data is mixed.
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Oct 31, 2025
Towers and fiber networks have delivered strong returns for decades, but even mature technologies can reinvigorate value creation.
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Oct 31, 2025
Cultural and structural reform can help Japanese companies realize their full potential.
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Oct 30, 2025
Our latest obituaries also include the founder of an early tech start-up, a Nike executive, and a MacArthur Fellow who uncovered overlooked female scientists.
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Oct 30, 2025
Changi Airport Group's Executive Vice President Lim Ching Kiat discusses efforts to create the airport of tomorrow.
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Oct 30, 2025
AI holds the power to accelerate innovation in R&D, but realizing its potential will demand that organizations rethink how they work and overcome the barriers to adoption.
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Oct 29, 2025
The world's most valuable airline is 100 years old. The CEO explains what it takes to keep ahead in one of the very toughest industries.
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Oct 29, 2025
AI is upending what we do and how we do it. Forward-looking leaders are forging partnerships to help employees develop new skills—and clearer career pathways—at scale.
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Oct 29, 2025
Wikipedia draws 11 billion monthly views—and that's just in English. Its cofounder shares how a global knowledge experiment became an exercise in building both a durable product and consumer trust.
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Oct 29, 2025
Power and cooling equipment are the backbones of data center infrastructure. Innovations and on-time supply of this technology will become increasingly relevant as the demand for data centers grows.
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Oct 29, 2025
By investing in deep-tech business building, Europe's start-up ecosystem could create $1 trillion in enterprise value and up to one million jobs by 2030—paving the way for sovereign prosperity.
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Oct 29, 2025
Derek Waldron, the bank's chief analytics officer, explains how AI is boosting innovation, empowering employees, and cultivating an ecosystem that's reshaping how work gets done.
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Oct 28, 2025
Cisco's Jeetu Patel discusses how companies can optimize their tech stack to harness the full potential of AI without compromising their own or their consumers' security.
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Oct 28, 2025
Clinical trials could take half the time and serve twice the patients, with better experience and outcomes and lower costs.
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Oct 28, 2025
The results of our sixth annual survey show that repeat venture builders see the greatest ROI, benefiting from both experience and advanced uses of AI.
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Oct 28, 2025
Sharpen your problem-solving skills the McKinsey way, with our weekly crossword. Each puzzle is created with the McKinsey audience in mind, and includes a subtle (and sometimes not-so-subtle) business theme for you to find. Answers that are directionally correct may not cut it if you're looking for a quick win.
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Oct 28, 2025
New analysis reveals how organizations can deliver sustained savings and long-term impact.
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Oct 28, 2025
Sharpen your problem-solving skills the McKinsey way, with our weekly crossword. Each puzzle is created with the McKinsey audience in mind, and includes a subtle (and sometimes not-so-subtle) business theme for you to find. Answers that are directionally correct may not cut it if you're looking for a quick win.
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Oct 27, 2025
Macro challenges and gen AI are pushing procurement leaders to reimagine their organizations. Companies that can make the required shifts could unlock new value for the business.
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Oct 23, 2025
From a successful gen-AI-backed shopping assistant to a new way to wow customers with great design, Turkish tableware, kitchenware, and homeware retailer Karaca partnered with McKinsey to create more value with technology—and delight customers along the way.
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Oct 23, 2025
Banks need to prepare for the next growth curve. Global Banking Annual Review 2025 shows how a targeted approach can help them thrive.
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Oct 23, 2025
By extending the life cycle of some of their products, companies have been able to cut costs, strengthen supply chains, satisfy customers, and advance their sustainability goals.
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Oct 23, 2025
Anna Manz shares her learnings on managing geopolitical and macroeconomic uncertainty, setting priorities, and the changing nature of the CFO role.
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Oct 23, 2025
Asian governments and companies are striving to adapt to shifting trade winds and escalating strategic competition. Three experts share their insights on various players' strategies and what may lie ahead.
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Oct 22, 2025
How Pix, Open Finance and blockchain-based rails are transforming the financial landscape and inspiring global innovation
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Oct 22, 2025
AI is giving leaders the chance for a "re-do" so marketing technology can finally realize its potential.
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Oct 22, 2025
Global lessons and economic insights following the 2025 Los Angeles wildfires could help California build a more stable and resilient homeowners insurance market.
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Oct 22, 2025
Closing the women's health gap in Canada could result in seven more healthy days of life per year for every Canadian woman—and potentially boost the country's economy by $37 billion annually by 2040.
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Oct 21, 2025
By partnering with their procurement teams, state and local government leaders can improve procurement efficiency using proven practices and leading-edge AI.
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Oct 21, 2025
Scenario-based valuation that accounts for multiple potential cycles can yield more accurate forecasts
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Oct 21, 2025
Managing nonfinancial risk requires far more than simply shoring up legacy systems and processes. Leading institutions focus on four actions.
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Oct 21, 2025
Sharpen your problem-solving skills the McKinsey way, with our weekly crossword. Each puzzle is created with the McKinsey audience in mind, and includes a subtle (and sometimes not-so-subtle) business theme for you to find. Answers that are directionally correct may not cut it if you're looking for a quick win.
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Oct 21, 2025
What if insurance weren't just a safety net—but a springboard? Here, AIA, GAIP, and McKinsey explore how insurers can build trust, personalize solutions, and empower communities.
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Oct 20, 2025
Technology leaders that follow six imperatives—and take a value creation approach to spending—can achieve three times the EBITDA lift from enterprise technology in the agentic age.
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Oct 20, 2025
CEOs experience four distinct phases of leadership—each with its unique challenges and lessons. Here's how leaders can thrive at every stage.
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Oct 17, 2025
Agentic AI promises to radically remake the entire shopping experience. Here's a glimpse into the near future—and what merchants, players, and platforms need to know in order to thrive.
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Oct 17, 2025
Europe's holiday park market, serving a wide variety of domestic travelers, is poised for growth. Five strategies can help operators turn opportunity into reality.
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Oct 17, 2025
Humanoid robots are still at the pilot stage but could emerge as the solution to the construction sector's productivity problem. How can industry leaders prepare for their entry into the workforce?
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Oct 16, 2025
What are the trends shaping consumer sentiment and behavior in 2025—and what are the implications for brands and retailers?
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Oct 16, 2025
Half of consumers use AI-powered search today, and it stands to impact $750 billion in revenue by 2028-what is your strategy and activation plan for gen AI engine optimization?
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Oct 16, 2025
Although the aviation industry has surpassed prepandemic traffic levels, short-haul flights using smaller aircraft have experienced a slower recovery. Are misperceptions holding back the sector?
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Oct 16, 2025
With AI-native upstarts redefining speed and scale, software incumbents hoping to remain competitive must fully embrace the new technology to reinvent their value proposition and internal operations.
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Oct 16, 2025
Autonomous AI agents present a new world of opportunity—and an array of novel and complex risks and vulnerabilities that require attention and action now.
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Oct 16, 2025
Geographic distance is easy to understand: look at a map and countries that are eight centimeters apart are obviously more distant than those three centimeters apart. "Geopolitical distance" is a more sophisticated idea: it refers to how closely aligned trade and investment partners are. Japan and the United States, for example, are close geopolitically. Germany and Russia are not, write Olivia White and Tiago Devesa in Foreign Policy.
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Oct 16, 2025
With growing renewable energy penetration, commercial and industrial companies could improve their energy flexibility mechanisms to stabilize the grid and capture significant value.
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Oct 15, 2025
Status quo bias and inertia are quiet forces blocking organizations' progress with gen AI. These moves can overcome them.
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Oct 15, 2025
Lew Frankfort pioneered the accessible luxury category, making the Coach bag a must-have for women around the world. His new memoir explains how "magic plus logic" can equal fashion success.
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Oct 15, 2025
Many airports are overdue for a digital transformation. Adopting cutting-edge infrastructure technology could improve traveler experiences, streamline operations, and create substantial value.
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Oct 15, 2025
What will it take for humanoid robots to leave pilot purgatory and deliver real value at scale in the workplace?
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Oct 14, 2025
From electric vehicles and generative AI to modular construction and obesity drugs, new industries are transforming economies and societies worldwide. To seize these opportunities, developing countries must create welcoming business environments, attract foreign direct investment, and invest in human capital, write Kweilin Ellingrud, Kevin Russell, and Suhayl Chettih in Project Syndicate.
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Oct 14, 2025
Narayana Murthy, founder of Indian technology services and consulting giant, Infosys, discusses the vital role that respect and compassion play for him in being a successful business leader.
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Oct 14, 2025
CEOs need a new agenda to help them and their organizations navigate the key questions around AI, particularly agentic AI.
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Oct 14, 2025
The CEO of Waters Corporation describes how core leadership practices such as deep learning and simple messaging have helped the life sciences company bolster its brand and deliver greater returns.
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Oct 14, 2025
Long waits between signing and close threaten value capture. A new generation of clean teams can safeguard information while ensuring successful integration.
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Oct 14, 2025
Effective deal communication helps leaders manage change, inspire confidence, and mobilize teams to achieve greater outcomes.
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Oct 14, 2025
Sharpen your problem-solving skills the McKinsey way, with our weekly crossword. Each puzzle is created with the McKinsey audience in mind, and includes a subtle (and sometimes not-so-subtle) business theme for you to find. Answers that are directionally correct may not cut it if you're looking for a quick win.
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Oct 13, 2025
The US sports economy is booming, and Latino fans are leading the charge. Connecting with this multifaceted community can help drive growth opportunities.
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Oct 13, 2025
A-Rod Corp CEO and former Major League Baseball star Alex Rodriguez discusses mentorship, access, and how the sports industry can better serve Latino communities.
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Oct 13, 2025
To unlock the full potential of physician leaders, we must first understand what drives them, what they strive for, and what stands in their way.
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Oct 13, 2025
Can curbside chargers unlock the future of urban EV adoption while delivering convenience for drivers and easing the burden on the grid? Tiya Gordon of it's electric and McKinsey's Shivika Sahdev explore what may be the most practical path to scaling electrification across dense urban neighborhoods.
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Oct 10, 2025
Why do some teams thrive while others fail? A researcher of team dynamics and former trumpet player shares how to strike the right chord and build a winning team.
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Oct 09, 2025
Europe must boost investment. Its productivity and competitiveness depend on it - as do its future wealth and debt sustainability. Europe, like much of the rest of the world, still faces a bloated balance sheet. Its assets have ballooned faster than its productive output for more than two decades now. And as the world's wealth grew to an unprecedented $600tn this year, the eurozone's wealth also climbed to $135tn - 6.6 times its GDP, write Tiago Devesa, Jan Mischke, and Sylvain Johansson in Friends of Europe.
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Oct 09, 2025
Amid rising economic uncertainty, this research takes a long-term view on wealth and growth rooted in government, corporate, and household balance sheets.
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Oct 09, 2025
By harnessing AI and gen AI to create the next best customer experience, front-runners could generate value for customers and themselves through increased conversion, retention, and upselling.
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Oct 09, 2025
If you listen to financial markets, the U.S. is on a surefire path of accelerating productivity growth. Some measures of price-to-earnings ratios are higher than they have been in the past two decades. Stock market bulls can point to the productivity promise of artificial intelligence and the 19-fold investment jump since 2010 of the largest tech firms into research and development and capital expenditure. To boot, recent productivity figures look good: 2024 saw double the growth rate of the 2010s, write Olivia White, Rebecca J. Anderson, and Jan Mischke in Barron's.
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Oct 09, 2025
A new book reveals what makes some CEOs truly iconic—as well as what aspiring leaders stand to learn from their experiences.
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Oct 08, 2025
Geopolitical tensions and economic competition are raising the demands on corporate-affairs teams. Here are five ways they can refresh their playbooks to more effectively manage geoeconomic complexity.
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Oct 08, 2025
FCLTGlobal's Sarah Keohane Williamson discusses the importance of resisting short-termism, rethinking investor relations, and reframing incentives.
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Oct 07, 2025
How 80 percent of emission reductions can also deliver energy security.
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Oct 07, 2025
Sharpen your problem-solving skills the McKinsey way, with our weekly crossword. Each puzzle is created with the McKinsey audience in mind, and includes a subtle (and sometimes not-so-subtle) business theme for you to find. Answers that are directionally correct may not cut it if you're looking for a quick win.
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Oct 07, 2025
Pegasus Airlines has achieved considerable growth as a low-cost carrier. CEO Güliz Öztürk discusses its key strategic choices.
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Oct 06, 2025
The founder of 26North shares his thoughts on leadership, starting anew at 55, and the power of sports to create community in today's world.
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Oct 06, 2025
Lykke Hinsch Gylvin shares how Boehringer Ingelheim's innovative clinical trial designs bring therapies to patients faster.
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